Strawberry & Peach Hand Pies

The last week of summer has melted away leaving Melbourne in a cool(er) temper. But Melbourne being Melbourne is never predictable, ever surprising, full of spirit (and sometimes spite). So, when an online publishing company asked if I could create recipes with a theme of summer I jumped at it. It’s too good to waste.

enough we’ve had blistering heatwaves over in January. I make holiday plans out of the country every year during summer because I cannot bear the flies, the dry hot air and scorching sun. But after a month in Sweden, in the middle of winter, without any warmth or sunshine, I am ready to embrace summer the Ozzie way – lots of sunscreen, hot dogs and beer.

But among many other things, summer means delicious stone fruits like nectarines, plums and peaches. Summer is about BBQs by the river, hot beach babes and even hotter hand pies you can hold and bite into with spluttering tasty sticky summery goodness.

Strawberry & Peach Hand Pies———————————————————————

Ingredients

3 sheets store-bought shortcrust pastry

500g peaches (about 6 average size peaches)

250g strawberries

¼ cup flour

¼ cup sugar

pinch of salt

1 tbsp. moscato

An egg beaten with 2 tbsp. water for egg wash & caster sugar for decoration